February 13, 2006	Monday	Muharram 14, 1427

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Beyond 11,000: where is the KSE-100 headed? Barely six weeks into 2006 and the Karachi Stock Exchange has kicked off the new year with a bang setting two new records of significance....		Market-driven sustainable development HAS corporate social responsibility become an outdated concept? Yes, say some thinkers. They reckon time has come for companies to convert sustainable development into core businesses and see this focus shift as an imperative....
NFC formula for breaking the impasse OUT of the swirl and dust of acrimonious controversy that was raging for past four years, an Order has been issued by the federal government on January 19, 2006 for the...		Is the on-going sugar crisis artificial? THE issue of soaring price of sugar was placed on the desk of the President of Pakistan, the all powerful General Pervez Musaharraf, on February 7; the issue was then over...
Water sector reforms WITH all attention being paid on building big dams, provision of potable water and sanitation for both rural and urban areas is another important area of development....		Pest-free cultivation of carrots Vegetables are second to cereals with highest quantity of carbohydrates. Their nutritive value is high because of the minerals and vitamins they carry. In Pakistan, about 1.8...
Capitalizing on agro sector THE agro industry is an extended arm of agriculture but it has not received the due attention. The agriculture contributes about 23 per cent to the GDP....		Power generation through private-public partnership IN the backdrop of serious challenges of power deficit facing Pakistan from 2007 onward, the prime minister has underscored the urgent need to increase electricity generation capacity through implementation of a three-pronged strategy....
An ADB-funded Balochistan study FOR the preparation of Balochistan Economic Report (BER), the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved technical grant of $300,000 to the government of Pakistan. BER is mainly aimed at formulating an...		Income inequality and rising poverty THE degree of income inequality determines the level of poverty in a given society. While probing into the causes of these inequalities, one comes to know of factors responsible for uneven opportunities which multiply the number of have-nots....
Identifying avenues for Pakistan-India trade THIS is a brief analysis intended to stimulate discussions of the export opportunities for Pakistan. Whilst such an analysis is a complex matter and involves multi-dimensional factors, the fact remains that...		Image building of banks TODAY, banks in Pakistan are not only caught in highly competitive internal challenges but also facing the inter-global marketplace to gain a position in the Asian region....
Measuring the opportunity cost Economists describe opportunity cost as, “the value of good or services forgone and the benefits that could be received from that opportunity”. It does not necessarily mean cost in terms of money but means cost of lost benefits....		Economics now dictates foreign policy RIP Van Winkle who may have slept away for the last six years would be surprised at the strides Pakistan has made during this period — at least in the in the economic field....
Setting the priorities for all-round prosperity SHOULD the priorities be to save more, invest more and develop faster, producing a larger exportable surplus and flourish all around?...		Fast-track alternate dispute resolution system THE present tax dispute resolution system, based on conventional appeal and review system under various tax statutes, is not working efficiently....
Index crosses 11,000 crucial barrier THE stocks during the last week continued their upward drive as punters and brokers were not inclined to miss the rising market and rode the bandwagon on the perception that there wasn’t any possibility of an immediate market retreat....		Rupee holds steady against dollar THE rupee opened the local currency market this week on a firm note. In the inter-bank market, the rupee-dollar parity managed to hold its week-end levels on the opening day....
Rs13.65bn injected into inter-bank through OMO ON February 7, the State Bank of Pakistan injected Rs13.650 billion into the inter-bank market through the open market operation. The SBP has been conducting OMOs frequently over the past six months and managing the liquidity position through this tool....		Sugar prices hit all-time high amid supply crisis Sugar remained in the limelight on the Karachi wholesale commodity markets during the previous week. The prices soared to new peak levels amid panic consumer buying due to the pressure on supplies....